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Cracking PGP In the Cloud

Posted by kdawson on from the distant-thunder dept.

pariax writes "So you wanna build your own massively distributed password cracking infrastructure? Electric Alchemy has published a writeup detailing their experiences cracking PGP ZIP archives using brute force computing power provided by Amazon EC2 and a distributed password cracker from Elcomsoft."

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  1. And tons of carbon enter the air by MillionthMonkey · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    At least fold some proteins if you're going to do this. Or look for aliens.

  2. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Elcomsoft has been charged with conspiracy, aiding and abetting computer intrusion and wire fraud.

    http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/11/derengel/

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